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Reading / Literature Homeschool Curriculum

The companies and publishers listed here offer commercial reading and literature curricula to homeschoolers. You will find everything from supplemental materials to complete curriculum packages. Some of these companies provide printed materials, while others make materials available online through paid memberships. For additional resources, be sure to check out our compilation of websites offering free printable reading and literature materials and interactive activities and games.

ClickN READ Phonics teaches the entire kindergarten to 3rd grade phonics curriculum taught at USA public schools through 100 interactive cartoon animated online phonics lessons. Any child can learn English, and learn to read correctly, in a phonics game-like environment that is great fun and easy to use. This phonics program is designed for children as young as 4 years old learning to read English for the first time, older children struggling to learn to read, learning disabled children and even adults learning English as a second language.

Go Phonics is a teacher-developed, Orton-Gillingham based/compatible, explicit and systematic multisensory phonics curriculum with K-2 language arts. It features 6 volumes of stories that are 93% decodable with controlled vocabulary. They are designed for teaching beginning reading skills. They follow a phonics building block sequence that minimizes confusion. As skills are taught, they are linked to and embedded in meaningful reading. Integrated tools include lessons, 50 phonics games (word decoding & fluency practice), workbooks, and key word charts. Download free sample lessons and storybook samples to try before you buy.

Pathway Publishers is an Old Order Amish publishing house founded by David Wagler and Joseph Stoll. Their books are known for their modest prices, readability, interest, and good solid Christian moral teachings. They have issued thirteen readers in the Pathway Readers series. These readers are designed to take a student from kindergarten through eighth grade. There are also optional workbooks and teachers manual for all of these readers. Each of the Pathway readers, workbooks, and teacher’s manuals can be purchased separately or as a packaged set.

Dorbooks,Inc. publishes the award-winning Phonics Pathways and other phonics books and phonics games that teach reading and spelling using systematic phonics. Phonics Pathways is one of the finest phonics programs, reading programs for teaching children and adults to read and spell.

Rusty and Rosy Reading™ software provides personalized learning by monitoring and
responding to your child’s performance in order to present activities that match your child’s skill level. Struggling learners receive more instruction, more practice, and intense review where needed. Children who master a skill early skip explicit instruction, spend more time in practice and application of the skill, and quickly move to learning new skills. Because the content is engaging and personalized to your child’s needs, 15 minutes is all it takes for your child to progress in learning.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is a complete, step-by-step program that shows parents simply and clearly how to teach their children to read. Twenty minutes a day is all you need, and within 100 teaching days your child will be reading on a solid second-grade reading level. It's a sensible, easy-to-follow, and enjoyable way to help your child gain the essential skills of reading. One hundred lessons, fully illustrated and color-coded for clarity, give your child the basic and more advanced skills needed to become a good reader.

The Phonics Road to Spelling and Reading is a complete K-4 curriculum offering the parent a comprehensive video teacher training text with an emphasis on accurate speaking, spelling, writing, reading, grammar, and composition with an introduction to Latin. All the materials you need are included for easy learning and teaching.